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They screwed around in the tent, playing gah for Vernon to be asleep Coop could tell Noah was still bummed out He hated it when Noah was burabbed his shoes

Hadn’t Cooper just thought he would rather hang out with Noah than anyone else? It wasn’t like they wouldn’t have fun caoin’?" Cooper asked

"To see the girls You won"

"And since I won, I get to pick e do, and we’re staying right here"

Pride swelled in Cooper’s chest when Noah looked at hihout the gao, popped into Cooper’s head Even back then, had Noah wondered if he was gay? Was that the reason he didn’t want irls? Hell, even at thirteen, Cooper had been too horny for his own good It could have been that Noah just hadn’t thought with his dick the way Coop did Orin trouble

Orout withabout over there? You’re not watching the game" Noah hit Cooper’s knee with his own

Coop just shook his head, and turned to the TV again

It went like that through ame There were periods of ti and talking shit with Noah But then, there were those tis they did when they were kids, or studied Noah’s body, or iined what it would be like to take Noah in hisabout it made his heart rate jack up in excite, but he also didn’t want that to be the driving force behind this thing between them

And then Noah stretched Cooper watched the way he ainst the cloth of his sweats, and hishi had always been there, even if they didn’t know it Even, back when they were kids

"Hell yeah!" Noah ju with hiain

Cooper turned his attention back to the TV, watching the replay of the Cowboys score Watching Noah celebrate and not caring about his loss the way that he should

Noah turned to look at him, as Cooper still sat on the couch "What do you have to say about your loss?"